• Rhynchostylis retusa

    Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume, Bijdr. 286 1825. (Syn: Aerides guttata (Lindl.) Roxb. ….; Anota violacea (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Epidendrum hippium Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ..; Gastrochilus blumei (Lindl.) Kuntze …..; Limodorum retusum (L.) Sw.; Orchis lanigera Blanco; Rhynchostylis albiflora I.Barua & Bora …..; Saccolabium blumei Lindl. ……..; Sarcanthus guttatus Lindl. ….); . rin-koh-STY-liss — Greek: rhynchos (beak), stylis (small pillar) … Dave’s Botanary re-TOO-suh —…

  • Rhynchospora wightiana

    Rhynchospora wightiana (Nees) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 148 1855. (syn. Haplostylis wightianus Nees; Rhynchospora discolor Hochst. ex Steud.);   RIN-koh-SPOR-uh — from the Greek rhynchus (beak) and spora (seed) … Dave’s BotanaryWIGHT-ee-AY-na — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: Wight’s…

  • Rhynchosia rothii

    Rhynchosia rothii Aitch. (Syn: Rhynchosia mollissima Zoll. & Moritzi; Rhynchosia sericea Span.; Rhynchosia tomentosa “sensu auct.ind., non Hook. &”);   Twining woody plant with glandular hairy stems, trifoliate leaves with rhomboid to suborbicular leaflets, pubescent on both sides; flowers dark red, 2 cm long, on axillary peduncled raceme; pod up…

  • Rhynchosia

    Rhynchosia aurea (Willd.) DC.  Rhynchosia bracteata Baker     Rhynchosia cana (Willd.) DC. Rhynchosia capitata (Roth) DC. Rhynchosia densiflora (Roth) DC. Rhynchosia heynei Wight & Arn. Rhynchosia himalensis Baker   Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews) Meikle & Verdc. Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC.   Rhynchosia rothii Aitch. Images by Anurag N Sharma (Id by Nidhan…

  • Rhynchoglossum lanzulinum

    Rhynchoglossum lazulinum A.S.Rao & J.Joseph, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 9: 280 1968.;   Common name: Arunachal Rhynchoglossum       Plant form Arunachal for ID : Attachments (2). 7 posts by 4 authors. Please help for the IDThe plant is recorded from the West Kamang Dist of Arunachal in the month of…

  • Rhynchoglossum

       Rhynchoglossum lazulinum A.S.Rao & J.Joseph    Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Wall.) B.L.Burtt       Rhynchoglossum obliquum Blume       Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal : Rhynchoglossum obliquum Blume  1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants edited by Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett:…

  • Searsia mysorensis

    Searsia mysorensis (G.Don) Moffett, Bothalia 37: 170 2007. (syn: Rhus indica Herb. Madr. ex Wight & Arn.; Rhus mysorensis G. Don; Toxicodendron mysurense (G. Don) Kuntze);  India (Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharasthra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala)), Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Waziristan) as Catalogue of Life;  Keys given…

  • Rhus

    Rhus chinensis Mill.  (Images by Ashwini Bhatia (Identified by Ushadi, N.S. Chauhan & Krishan Lal) (Inserted by J.M.Garg)) Rhus punjabensis J.L. Stewart ex Brandis (China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, Jammu), Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay), Nepal, Pakistan (Chitral, Murree) as per Catalogue of Life)…

  • Rhopalephora scaberrima

    Rhopalephora scaberrima (Blume) Faden, Phytologia 37: 480 1977. (Syn: Aneilema protensum (Wight) Wall. ex Thwaites; Aneilema scaberrimum (Blume) Kunth; Aneilema scaberrimum var. fruticosum C.B.Clarke; Commelina protensa Steud. [Invalid]; Commelina scaberrima Blume; Dictyospermum protensum Wight; Dictyospermum scaberrimum (Blume) C.V.Morton ex Panigrahi; Dictyospermum scaberrimum (Blume) J.K. Morton; Floscopa bambusifolia H.Lév.; Lamprodithyros protensus…

  • Rhopalephora

    Rhopalephora scaberrima (Blume) Faden  Images by Anurag N. Sharma

  • Rhododendron wightii

    Rhododendron wightii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 27 1851. ; Common name: Wight’s Rhododendron   S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Assam, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life; Shrub 2-5m; branchlets glabrous or puberulous. Leaves broadly elliptic or obovate, 9-15×4-6cm, rounded or acute, base rounded or somewhat cuneate, densely appressed reddish brown…

  • Rhododendron species/ cultivars etc.

      18 th Jan. 2010 / 10.00 am.–  Hakgala Botanical Garden,Sri Lanka. About 5000-6000ft. above sea-level .. a garden azalea, probably a Southern India cultivar. ..; Kyangnosla Alpine Sanctuary in Sikkim; Request for ID – 190410SC3 – efloraofindia | Google Groups High Altitude Shrub – efloraofindia | Google Groups  …

  • Rhododendron indicum (Cultivated)

    Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 5: t. 128 1831. (Syn: Azalea burgeri Miq.; Azalea calycina Lem.; Azalea crispiflora Hook.; Azalea danielsiana Paxton; Azalea decumbens (D.Don ex G.Don) DC.; Azalea indica L.; Azalea macrantha Bunge; Azalea obtusa Lindl.; Enkianthus biflorus Lour.; Rhododendron breynii Planch.; Rhododendron danielsianum Planch.; Rhododendron decumbens D….

  • Rhododendron hodgsonii

    Rhododendron hodgsonii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 2: , pl. 15 1851. ;   Hodgson’s Rhododendron;   RE: Rhododendrons : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 1 author. I am Nepal and I would like to share some photos of Rhododendrons from Nepal’s Himalayas. …………………….  Medicinal values: …, R. Hodgsonii and …. …

  • Rhododendron fulgens

    Rhododendron fulgens Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: 27, pl. 24 27 1851.;      rhododendron arboreum: rhododendron arboreum, from ericaceae family rhimbhik phata, singalila national park in full bloom on mist covered slopes second week of april this year I think all belong to Rhododendron fulgens, never R. arboreum…

  • Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp. cinnabarinum

    Rhododendron cinnabarinum Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 1: , pl. 8 1849. (syn: Azalea roylei (Hook.fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron basfordii H.H.Davidian; Rhododendron blandfordiiflorum Hook.; Rhododendron cinnabarinum var. breviforme H.H.Davidian; Rhododendron cinnabarinum var. roylei (J.D.Hook.) Hutchinson; Rhododendron roylei Hook.fil.; Rhododendron thibaudiense hort. ex Dombr.); Tibet, Bhutan, India, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Chumbi, Nepal as…

  • Rhododendron

    Rhododendron species in Sikkim– 48 species and subspecies shown as comparative images herein. . Pictorial guide to Rhododendrons of Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (page 7)- June 2018- Sonam Wangyel, Keesang Dorjee, Jangchu Wangdi & Thinley Wangdi . Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don Rhododendron arboreum Sm. Rhododendron arboreum var. cinnamomeum Wall. ex Lindl. Rhododendron arboreum…